Researchers at Northern Ireland’s Queen’s University Belfast have developed a process to transform used barley from breweries into carbon. The process has the potential to reduce waste and create an inexpensive, alternative biofuel.www.springwise.com/sustainability-innovation/energy/brewery-waste-high-value-charcoal

Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, has called on Germans to think out of the box to cope with the challenges arising from global warming."To do this, we need more than ever the courage to think in a new way, the strength to leave familiar paths, the willingness to try new things, and the determination to act faster, convinced that the unusual can succeed - and must succeed if the generation of today's young people and their descendants should still be able to live well on this Earth," Merkel said.That is also a priority of the European Union's new executive Commission. Germany will hold the EU's rotating presidency in the second half of 2020.https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/all-man-made-merkel-vows-to-

This month, researchers in Canada released a paper detailing the design of a new type of plastic wrap that repels bacteria&nb

We saw a wonderful concert in this monastery on the outskirts of Vienna featuring two beautiful women.  This 900 year-old Monastery called Klosterneuburg has sacred works of art, including the “Verdun Alter” and the Archducal Crown. It offers an impressive insight into the magnificent Baroque style.

Within the next few years, experts believe, a visit to the doctor might include a quick, cheek-swab DNA test. www.smh.com.au/national/dna-testing-is-about-to-come-to-gp-clinics-how-will-it-work-20191122-p53da9.html